Figures Quotes

2652 quotes by 1970 authors

He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish figure with pale, passionate face and dark eyes full of sorrow, pride… — Louisa May Alcott
When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American… — Stephen Ambrose
The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it. This teacher rocked. I hated discussion classes. I… — John Green
My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Figure our what it is you don't do very well, and then don't do it. I'm not beating myself up about doing everything perfectly. The… — Douglas Coupland
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and… — Joseph Campbell
He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control… — Philip Yancey
This is what youth must figure out: Girls, love, and living. The having, the not having, The spending and giving, And the meloncholy time of… — Elwyn Brooks White
Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes. — Stephen Colbert
When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words,… — Chuck Palahniuk
I walk outside and scream at the top of my lungs, and it maybe travels two blocks. A whale unleashes his cry, and it travels… — Chris Crutcher
You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school,… — Katherine Applegate
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the… — Jodi Picoult
You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you… — Jane Austen
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazareneâ€¦.No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence… — Albert Einstein
But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's… — Amy Tan
I'm a doctor of cowshit, pigshit, and chickenshit.....when you doctors figure out what you want, you'll find me out in the barn shoveling my thesis. — Kurt Vonnegut
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure… — Barbara Kingsolver

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